{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":2,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias","displayName":"Rich Felker","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-original-tmp20221202140938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-96-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-48-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-24-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"40873"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-96-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"C librarian, purveyor of the language&#39;s eldritch horrors. Poppin&#39; shells \ud83e\uddaa","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"dalias","displayName":"Rich Felker","note":"C librarian, purveyor of the language&#39;s eldritch horrors. Poppin&#39; shells \ud83e\uddaa"}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/@steve\" class=\"u-url mention\">@steve<\/a> Are the sites embedding js from socialuserlocation.googleapis.com that snitches, or is the Android browser itself using the system location API built on socialuserlocation.googleapis.com to snitch to sites? The former would be blocked by UBO or another decent adtech blocker. The latter would be intentional malice built into whatever browser you're using.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias\/statuses\/116799276916831199","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias\/statuses\/116799276916831199","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/@steve\" class=\"u-url mention\">@steve<\/a> Are the sites embedding js from socialuserlocation.googleapis.com that snitches, or is the Android browser itself using the system location API built on socialuserlocation.googleapis.com to snitch to sites? The former would be blocked by UBO or another decent adtech blocker. The latter would be intentional malice built into whatever browser you're using.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias\/116799276916831199","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/users\/steve\/statuses\/116798781243244559","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/@steve\/116798781243244559"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/users\/steve"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-23:objectType=thread:nonce=a981bac041a4f532","notice_info":{"local_id":"12790370","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-23T11:52:11+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias\/116799276916831199"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/users\/steve","displayName":"Steve Hill \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/32250-original-tmp20221119131800.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/32250-96-20240129172514.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/32250-48-20240129172514.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/32250-24-20240129172514.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"32250"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/32250-96-20240129172514.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"|\ud83e\udd86| Climber, windsurfer, Welsh speaker, Technical Director of @opendium |\ud83d\udc31| Dringwr, hwylfyrddwr, siaradwr Cymraeg, Cyfarwyddwr Technegol @opendium |\ud83e\udd86|","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/@steve","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"steve","displayName":"Steve Hill \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa","note":"|\ud83e\udd86| Climber, windsurfer, Welsh speaker, Technical Director of @opendium |\ud83d\udc31| Dringwr, hwylfyrddwr, siaradwr Cymraeg, Cyfarwyddwr Technegol @opendium |\ud83e\udd86|"}},"content":"<p>Hmm, this is a bit horrible. I have <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/tags\/TOR\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#TOR<\/a> set up on my firewall to catch traffic to a few web sites and send it via not-UK exit nodes. Recently I have noticed some of those sites detecting that I am in the UK regardless, but only when I use my phone (even in Firefox in private browsing mode). I'm not *sure* but it looks like connections are going to socialuserlocation.googleapis.com, and if I send that via TOR I no longer seem to be detected as in the UK.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/users\/steve\/statuses\/116798781243244559","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/users\/steve\/statuses\/116798781243244559","objectType":"note","content":"<p>Hmm, this is a bit horrible. I have <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/tags\/TOR\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#TOR<\/a> set up on my firewall to catch traffic to a few web sites and send it via not-UK exit nodes. Recently I have noticed some of those sites detecting that I am in the UK regardless, but only when I use my phone (even in Firefox in private browsing mode). I'm not *sure* but it looks like connections are going to socialuserlocation.googleapis.com, and if I send that via TOR I no longer seem to be detected as in the UK.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/@steve\/116798781243244559","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"tor"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-23:objectType=thread:nonce=a981bac041a4f532","notice_info":{"local_id":"12790369","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-23T11:48:54+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.nexusuk.org\/@steve\/116798781243244559"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6498507","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}